Month: October 2016

She opened up the appointment book and flipped through the pages, trying to figure out a way to schedule the next haircut around both of our schedules. If we don't get it on the books, then too many weeks pass by and I grow[..]

Don't bother your head with braggarts Or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun. Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to[..]

I voted today. Checked all the boxes. Signed the outside of the secret ballot. Put a 4th of July stamp on it with fireworks exploding and drove it over to the Post Office and even went inside to mail it, just to be sure[..]

Boats were out early on the big water. Bleary-eyed fisherman casting hopeful lines into the silver depths of the Columbia. "That's where my Swede would be," my girlfriend said as I made a right-hand turn onto the bridge connecting Oregon to Washington. She blew a[..]

[caption id="attachment_2559" align="aligncenter" width="876"] Refugees fleeing Mosul[/caption] Yes, I watched the last debate. You knew I would. I get why people don't, especially those who have voted already. And, no, watching the final debate didn't change my vote. I doubt it changed yours, either.[..]

Melania Trump sat down for an interview with Anderson Cooper. She is seeking to reassure a nation ill at ease that the man on the audio, the man bragging about sexually assaulting women because he's a "star", the man who bragged about forcing himself on[..]

My friend Gordon, a Vietnam combat veteran who passed away in '09, had the best sayings. He was from Tennessee and country as a rolled biscuit. Gordon wasn't one to tolerate fools much. I have missed him a great deal during this election season.[..]

We were sitting at the bar in Longhorns, eating our salads, when the two men one chair over began pointing at the TV and talking about this week's debate. Did you hear him say he was gonna lock her up? one Bubba said to[..]